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[WEST FLORIDA] BANKS, JAMES. Document signed "To His Excellency Peter Chester..."

Catalogue: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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[WEST FLORIDA] BANKS, JAMES. Document signed "To His Excellency Peter Chester..."

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Lot 263
[WEST FLORIDA] BANKS, JAMES. Document signed "To His Excellency Peter Chester..."
Pensacola, Florida: 23 August 1775. 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (31 x 18.5 cm); two pages on a single leaf, the recto a petition requesting a grant of 200 acres of Florida land for his services as Corporal in the 17th Regiment "during the late War in North America, the verso with docketing on the verso includes description of the land evidently granted to Banks: "about seven miles from the junction of Lake Maurepas and the River Natabani in the Forks between the River Natabani and Pickfall."Usual folds, minor toning.

The lands are in what is today Southeastern Louisiana, at the time considered part of the Province of West Florida. Parke-Bernet, American Historical Manuscripts From the Stock of Edward Eberstadt & Sons, April 9, 1968, lot 71 ($40). We note a similar example of this class of document sold in 1981, and none since.


C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $4,095 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $4,095 (includes buyer's premium)
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The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 10am EDT
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